Hi Wayne Was that a "Freudian Slip" in the spelling of his name in the second paragraph? <]:-) NFLD joined confederation in 1949 and Census there is available up to 1946. Don't know that this fact would be of benefit to us in relation to Tobin as he would not have been on the scene at that time. I stand to be corrected but I think that prior to Confederation the Census in Newfoundland was released immediately. Paul Martin would probably be very upset with the concept of Brian Tobin taking over the reins however I suspect something like that must have enticed Tobin to come back to the Federal scene. Provincially he was the "head cheese" so to speak, while Federally, at the moment, he would only be "one of the bunch." While there may not be any Constitutional obstacle to someone who has not been elected sitting in the Cabinet, I would think there should be something that would prevent them from sitting in the House as a member of Parliament. That does not mean that if something came up that required a response from the Industry Minister he could not be invited into the House as a visitor. If, however, as all indications point to, there will be an election called by 22 October I think the odds of that happening are minimal. Happy Hunting. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Cook" <wtcook@idirect.com> To: "Gordon A. WATTS" <gordon_watts@telus.net> Sent: Sunday, 15 October, 2000 2:14 AM Subject: Re: [CCC] Cabinet Shuffle Hi Gordon, Now I am confused. How does Brian Tobin sit in the House at question period if he does not have a seat? The fact that Brain comes from a province where they release censuses up to I think it's when they joined confederation in 1948 may help but who says if he runs in the next election he is still Industry Minister. I wish Jean would step down and let Paul Martin take over. TTYL Regards Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) and your Host for the Simcoe County Genweb page at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 655 Plaques online, part of the Historic Plaques of the World Project, Provincial & State Hosts neededl 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon A. WATTS <gordon_watts@telus.net> > In addition to Jacqui's posting to the list, I had an email this > morning telling me that Brian Tobin, Newfoundland Premier, could > replace John Manley as Industry Minister as early as Tuesday. My > response was to ask how someone who had not been elected